450: Gene Anderson - A Real Cut-Up

Gene Anderson is a name that is synonymous with the Torn & Restored Newspaper. But his career is so much more than that and he has influenced many of the "legends" in our industry like Doug Henning, just to name one. But Gene's career as a "part time pro" has inspired others to perform and create mage while maintaining "another" life in the business world with what they call a "real job".

Gene Anderson discusses the importance of humor to maintain a healthy lifestyle. While reciting some of history's favorite quotes along with his original jokes and quips, Gene will inspire you to smile more. Gene Anderson is a PhD chemist, a professional magician, and a motivational speaker.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:05:56 - Gene Anderson talks about some of his friends, his life and his career with some delightful anectdotes along the way.

01:03:20 - Product Review: Morgan & West - DECODED” is a two volume DVD set describing simple to more complex two-person coding. Highly recommended.

01:09:31 - Product Review: “The Self Flipping Notepad” by SansMinds is a way to get a “peek” at secreted information then reveal it as the pad automatically flips open by itself. Recommended.

01:13:47 - Product Review: “Nu Flash” from Magiclism (Bond Lee and Zamm Wong) is a visual bill transformation to a selected playing card, envelope, or business card. Recommended.

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415: Chip Romero - A Chip Off Of Doug Henning

Cruise ship magician and noted Doug Henning historian and collector, Chip Romero joins us this week to talk about the life of Doug Henning and his collection. Along the way, Chip tells us some stories about Henning, busts some myths and goes deep behind the man and magician who was one of the Titans in our magic business.

Doug Henning's World of Magic (1977) starring Glen Campbell & Sandy Duncan. This recording is from ITV, as broadcast on 26th May 1986. From The MagicWeek Vid...

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334: A Magical Christmas Carol

Over the past year, I have attended a LOT of magic conventions. During those events, i have tried to update you with what was going on each day with daily updates from the organizers, talent, registrants, and dealers plus sometimes a little "color" background outside of the hotel.

But while I had some of my guests "cornered" for a few minutes, I asked them to do a reading of the classic story, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. As many of you don't know, Dickens was a bit of a conjurer himself having performed during the summer of 1949 in a coastal resort off of the Isle of Wight purveying prestidigitation to those on holiday in the area. He was known as the “Rhia Rhama Rhoos - the Unparalleled Necromancer" and reportedly performed many unusual tricks including making playing cards magically burst into flames, transporting a woman’s watch from inside a wooden box and into the middle of a loaf of bread, and even cooking a steaming hot plum pudding in a gentleman’s top hat.

But prior to his venturing onto the stage to prestidigitate, he had already written many of his well-known novels including one published in 1843 which would become the iconic classic and perennial treatise on the holiday, "A Christmas Carol".

So here I present you this year's audio greeting card with great gratitude to all of my guests who participated in this project and also to all of you who regularly listen to The Magic Word Podcast. Happy Holidays!

As a little added treat for you this holiday season, here is a video I filmed and edited in 1985. Magician Scott Wells is visited by "three foreign" visitors who want to learn magic. In this video, Scott performs close-up, stand-up and stage magic for his guests. He also gives magic lessons to his guests; however, these instructions have been edited out of this public video.

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